Q25. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls .If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double that of a red ball, then the number of blue balls in a bag is:
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(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 15
(D) 20
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Answer: (B)
Explanation: Let the number of
blue balls be x
Then total number of balls will be
5 + x.
According to question,
x/(5 + x) = 2 X (5/5+x)
⇒ x = 10